| So what to Witnesses believe? First they believe that they are the only true religion. Thier organization as it says in song # 97 of their hymnal is "God's Organization". Consequently, God speaks only through the Watchtower Society. They believe that the Bible's writers were divinly inspired in their writings. But they believe that you can only come to understand the Bible through their publications. Hence thier publications are also divinly inspired. Thus, everything that the organiztion says is from God. So, if you are a witness and an elder in the church tells you to do something, you do it, because it is the word of God. They believe that 144,000 pre-determined witnesses are going to heaven and the rest of the witnesses are going to inherit the earth. They read this part in revelations as being correct. They believe the part after it where it states that the 144,000 people will be made of the 12 Jewish tribes as no being symbolic. I read in non JW literature that all of the 144,000 have died except less than 6000 that are in their 70's and 80's. They don't believe in Hell. If you are not a Witness, you just die when you die. To have salvation you must be a member. They believe that Christ died on a stake, not on a Cross. If you disagree with anything the organization says, then you are either the Devil or the Devil is speaking through you. You must submitt to the organization. It is agains God to take blood in the form of a blood transfusion. If your 3 year old is bleeding to death and the hostpital says that she needs a blood transfusion to live. You must let her die. |
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